The Flag of Faces at Ellis Island
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5/3/2007
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The American Flag of Faces is an interactive exhibit that celebrates the diverse makeup of American citizenry. A massive digital mosaic, the installation weaves together portraits from throughout history to create a picture of our national spirit.
Ever changing, the Flag of Faces grows by the day. Visitors to the museum and the website can add their own likeness or that of an ancestor to the installation and contribute to this unique representation of the Stars and Stripes.
Ellis Island immigrants attaining success in America include Lucky Luciano, Bob Hope, Irving Berlin, Knute Rockne, Pola Negri, Claudette Colbert, Chef Boyardee (Ettore Boiardi), Erich von Stroheim, Felix Frankfurter, Father Flanagan, Joseph Stella, Arthur Tracy, Jule Styne, Pauline Newman, Irene Bordoni, Anthony Kiedis, Charles Atlas, Isaac Asimov, the Trapp Family Singers, Ezio Pinza, John Kluge, Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, Anzia Yezierska, Douglas Fraser, Sig Ruman, Michael Romanoff, Bela Lugosi, Charles Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Arthur Murray, and Max Factor.
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The Flag of Faces at Ellis Island, Ellis Island, Ellis Island Immigration Museum, Liberty State Park, State Park, New Jersey State Park, Gateway to America, Statue of Liberty, Legal Immigration, Gateway, Jersey City, NJ, Jersey, Hudson County, The Garden State, New York Harbor, New York City, NYC, New York, National Register of Historic Places, New Jersey Register of Historic Places, New York City Landmark
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